List of wars involving Bahrain

This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Bahrain.

List[]

Conflict	Bahrain and allies	Opponents	Result
Siege of Bahrain (1559)	Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Hormuz	Ottoman Empire	Victory Ottoman invasion repelled
Omani invasion of Bahrain (1717)	Safavid Empire Bahrain	Omani Empire	Defeat Bahrain sold back to the Safavids
Bani Utbah invasion of Bahrain (1783)	Zand Empire Bahrain	Sheikhdom of Zubarah Banu Utbah and other allied tribes	Defeat Al Khalifa annexes Bahrain into its sheikhdom End of Persian rule in Bahrain
Battle of Khakeekera (1811)	Bahrain Kuwait	Emirate of Diriyah	Victory Invasion of Bahrain repelled
Qatari–Bahraini War (1867–1868)	Bahrain Abu Dhabi (1867)	Qatar	Ceasefire Bahrain renounced claims on Qatar British recognition of Al Thani in Qatar
Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait  United States  United Kingdom  Saudi Arabia  France  Canada  Bangladesh  Egypt  Syria  Oman  United Arab Emirates  Bahrain  Qatar	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored. Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure.
Intervention against ISIS (2014–present)	Iraq  Iraqi Kurdistan Free Syrian Army Syrian Kurdistan  United States  United Kingdom  Jordan  Turkey  Morocco  Australia  Belgium  Canada  Denmark  France  Bahrain  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates	Islamic State al-Qaeda al-Nusra Front Khorasan Ahrar ash-Sham	Ongoing Unilateral US-Arab intervention against Syrian Islamists.
Decisive Storm (2015–present)	Yemen (Hadi government)  Saudi Arabia  Qatar  United Arab Emirates  Kuwait  Bahrain  Jordan  Morocco  Egypt  Sudan	Yemen (Revolutionary Committee) Houthi fighters Security Forces (pro-Saleh) Yemeni Republican Guard Yemeni Air Force Air Defence	Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government. Houthis take control of northern Yemen.

See also[]

• Conflicts not considered as wars:
  • 1990s uprising in Bahrain
  • Bahraini uprising (2011–present)

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